Survival: The Survival of the Human Race

by Edited by Emily Shuckburgh

• ISBN13: 9780521710206
• ISBN10: 0521710200
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-14
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This fascinating and accessible book examines the survival of the human race from a broad range of viewpoints. Through in-depth examinations of a number of very distinct aspects of human life, the book covers topics ranging from the preservation of Empires, to the challenges of maintaining cultural identity, the sufferings inflicted by famine, disease and natural disasters, the opportunities for increased longevity and the threats presented by climate change. The chapters draw from the expertise of those in the arts and humanities, as well as the social, physical and biological sciences. Following in the footsteps of Charles Darwin with his thoughts of the Survival of the Fittest, each chapter explores strategies which may be adopted to assist us in our individual struggle for existence and to preserve and indeed improve our collective lifestyles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Survival of the human race	p. 1
Survival of empires	p. 21
Survival of culture	p. 53
Survival of language	p. 80
Surviving disease	p. 99
Surviving natural disasters	p. 123
Surviving famine	p. 146
Surviving longer	p. 178
Survival into the future	p. 205
Epilogue	p. 225
Notes on the contributors	p. 226
Index	p. 230
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